Lipetsk Air Base
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Lipetsk Air Base (also given as Lipetskiy, Lipetsky, Shakhm 10, and Lipetsk West) is an air base in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia located 12km northwest of Lipetsk. It is the combat training center of Soviet Air Force, analogous to the U.S. Air Force's Nellis Air Force Base. The base is made up of two medium-sized airfields joined together.
Units stationed at Lipetsk include:
* 4 TsBP i PLS (4th Combat and Conversion Training Center)
* 760 IISAP (760th Composite Training and Research Aviation Regiment) flying 14 MiG-29E, 13 Su-17, 16 Su-25, and a number of Su-24, Su-27, and Mi-8 aircraft as of the early 1990s.
* 91 IIAP (91st Training and Research Regiment) flying MiG-23, 23 MiG-29, and 15 Su-27 aircraft as of the early 1990s.
* 968 IAP (968th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23 and MiG-29 aircraft in the mid-1990s and solely MiG-29s by 2004.
* 968 IISAP (968th Composite Training and Research Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24M aircraft.
Units stationed at Lipetsk include:
* 4 TsBP i PLS (4th Combat and Conversion Training Center)
* 760 IISAP (760th Composite Training and Research Aviation Regiment) flying 14 MiG-29E, 13 Su-17, 16 Su-25, and a number of Su-24, Su-27, and Mi-8 aircraft as of the early 1990s.
* 91 IIAP (91st Training and Research Regiment) flying MiG-23, 23 MiG-29, and 15 Su-27 aircraft as of the early 1990s.
* 968 IAP (968th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23 and MiG-29 aircraft in the mid-1990s and solely MiG-29s by 2004.
* 968 IISAP (968th Composite Training and Research Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24M aircraft.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipetsk_Air_Base
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Coordinates: 52°38'52"N 39°27'19"E
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- Taxiways 0.1 km
- Pond 0.6 km
- Pond 0.7 km
- Runway 15/33 1.5 km
- Pond 3.1 km
- Pond 4.8 km
- Sand quarry 5 km
- Kuzminskaya ulitsa, 26a 5.2 km
- Kindergarten yard 5.2 km
- Pond 6 km
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